The Art Experts ("Les amateurs")

Honoré Daumier (in circa 1863)

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This drawing is a preliminary study for the watercolour "Les amateurs" in the Museum of Fine Arts in Montreal.

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Title	The Art Experts ("Les amateurs")
Material and technique	Brown coal, brown chalk, pen and black inkt, gray wash in places
Object type	Drawing > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Location	This object is in storage

Dimensions	Width 497 mm Height 380 mm
Artists	Draughtsman: Honoré Daumier
Accession number	F II 60 (PK)
Credits	Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs collection), 1940
Department	Drawings & Prints
Acquisition date	1940
Creation date	in circa 1863
Collector	Collector / Franz Koenigs
External exhibitions	Honoré Daumier (1808-1879): The Heroism of Modern Life (2013)
Material	Paper > Vegetable material > Organic material > Material > Material and technique Black ink > Ink > Artist's material > Material > Material and technique Pen > Artist's material > Material > Material and technique Brown chalk > Chalk > Artist's material > Material > Material and technique Pencil > Artist's material > Material > Material and technique Charcoal > Artist's material > Material > Material and technique
Object	Drawing > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Technique	Grey wash > Washing > Wash > Drawing technique > Technique > Material and technique
Geographical origin	France > Western Europe > Europe

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Honoré Daumier

Marseille 1808 - Valmondois 1879

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